| Show ti SUNDAYDecember 7 ShfSaltfakfSribunf 1997 o Section B OBITUARIES Weber Davis Salt Lake Utah Red Wood Burning Prohibited Yellow Wood Burning Discouraged Green - Wood Burning Allowed AIR QUALITY Page control because the criminals are not at the confidence level to grapple with adults" Cooper says "Even though they may prefer adults many pick youths They are not necessarily motivated by pedoor a child is simply going to be a philia a teen-age- r victim of opportunity that becomes easy prey" About 20 minutes before sunrise Wednesday a man used a knife to force a girl off a Riverside Park jogging path The girl alone and on her way to Northwest Junior High School survived the rape stood up and finished her walk to school where she broke down to her principal Almost a month before a girl walking home from Woodstock Elementary School was snatched off the sidewalk by a man who blindfolded her and drove to another location She was raped and then let go near the spot where she was abducted "These young girls were in known locations on the way from home to school possibly on a known route and in cases like these when they're not supervised the threat is there" says Breck Lebegue a forensic psychiatrist and associate professor at the Universi BY GREG BURTON THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE He probably has a wife or a girlfriend Might not be attracted to young girls or boys Isn't swimming in more testosterone than the next guy but feels inadequate in some way lacking the confidence to manipulate an older victim Mostly he waits for the next time — patient conniving He isn't apt to attack in a frenzy And on average he's not going to be caught The one or two child rapists who attacked Salt Lake City girls on Wednesday and late last month may seem outwardly normal to their friends and coworkers e Inside they are seething and twisted say experts "People who go out and victimize young kids like that have a fantasy life of a legitimate relationship" says Provo Police Chief Gregory M Cooper a former FBI profiler who has compiled personality profiles of the world's most heinous criminals "They pick young girls or victims that are easy to sex-crim- Leavitt: Kids Need $41 Million Experts Say e abductions are even rarer Far more likely is the rape of a child by a friend or relative But that is of little consolation to parents in Utah Because the two schoolgirl rapes did not end in murder Lebegue believes the suspects are near lurking "The perpetrator is still in town still living nearby this is not somebody who is just drifting through and is long gone" he says "Those who drift through and are long gone are more likely to abduct and keep and kill the child In cases like these the perpetrator knows that this is wrong they are afraid of getting caught and they are highly likely to repeat the offense unless they are stopped" While child rapists are not necessarily driven by lust for young girls if pedophilia did play a role at Riverside or Woodstock the suspects are part of a confounding community of criminals Unlike most rapists sex not violence may be a primary motiva- "This type of perpetrator will plan carefully this act" Lebegue says "That really excludes more chaotic or psychotic offenders who offend more on the spur of the moment It points more to careful planning and cunning" In the latest case the suspect may have traipsed for days to and from Riverside Park gauging early morning foot traffic watching a particular girl or ducking down at various locations to test his surroundings In the other the suspect may have cruised for hours through Salt Lake County neighborhoods before locating a victim He may have driven past the school hundreds of times — a triggering "Usually there's a event that will occur in proximity to the commission of the crimes" Copper says "You need to look at what's going on in their lives There can be a whole variety of stressors that include relationship problems financial problems health employment Problems you and I will deal with more effectively or in a socially acceptable way" Stranger rape is the rarest of sexual crimes Child pre-stress- tion "Some pedophiles are genuinely loving toward See CHILD RAPISTS Page B-- 2 Will Miller Settle Loss Of Thrift? INDEPENDENCE DAY Callaghan Confronts the Dynasty Duo i Depositors: It's Time Jazz Owner Paid Us i jr HARRIE Gov Mike Leavitt is proposing a budget for next year that includes some $41 million for programs aimed at helping needy children by expanding available medical insurance subsidized day care and foster care He also recommends spending about $13 million for delinquent or troubled kids The governor unveiled the plan during a news conference Saturday at the University of Utah Medical Center His full budget recommendation — expected to be in the $6 billion range — is scheduled for release Friday But aspects of Leavitt's children's budget could be a tough sell in the conservative Utah Legislature which convenes Jan 19 Particularly vulnerable may be his proposed $49 million bump in e state funds for child care Last year lawmakers slashed $4 million out of the $108 million child-car- e budget The cut was based at least in part on the philosophy that mothers should stay at home to care for their children Leavitt said he will use a "business model" argument to win support for restoring the child-car- e budget and granting an inflationary increase "These are dollars well invested" the governor said "You save $3 in other areas for every $1 you spend on child care to bridge and transi- B-- 9 CORRECTIONS & CLARIFICATIONS Sen Scott Howell did not attend Council of State Governments meetings in Hawaii His name was included in a list published in Saturday's Tribune based on information supplied by the state Senate BY STEVEN OBERIUX K and JUDY FAHVS 4 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE See LEAVITT Page Sex-Crim- ty of Utah Proposal Would Expand Programs for the Needy © 1997 THE SALT LAKE TKIHI NK i Commissioner Brent Overson Commissioner Randy Horiuchi I She Says 'I Was Not Elected to Appease The Two Other Commissioners' ¥ 1 A price Her colleagues have turned on her and meetings are full of smart-alec- k innuendoes Overson who last spring gave Callaghan a split of his annual golf fund raiser now says he will not support his fellow Renext publican for BY LINDA FANTIN © 1997 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE They came at her one at a time — two county commissioners and the sheriff — and challenged her to point out the "fluff" she claimed was in their budgets Silence They called her disingenuous They dared her to suggest one cut A lifetime of silence "We put Mary Callaghan's feet to the fire today" bragged Salt Lake County Commissioner Brent Overson last month Commissioner Randy Horiuchi said they took turns "teeing off" on year "Her credibility half-billio- is nil with me" he said Horiuchi a Democrat called some of the chairwoman's recent decisions "intellectually bankrupt" B 9 to her But if they were hoping to unravel their colleague they don't know Mary Callaghan Then again who does? n With a dollars 4000 county employees and close to a million constituents to look after Mary Callaghan arguably is the most powerful woman in Utah Yet Salt Lake County's first female commissioner is almost unknown off the government campus contract of a popular county lobbyist and openly criticized Overson and Horiuchi for supporting a tax increase rather than deleting that "fluff" But independence has had its rhtitcis by Steve d riff in The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake County Commissioner Mary Callaghan Much of that anonymity is her own doing During her first three years in office Callaghan rarely parted company with her more outspoken colleagues Seldom did she state — let alone debate — her positions Her most public stands against funding for DARE calendars and swimsuits in the county fair's beauty pageant called into question her depth as a policy-- maker Lately however Callaghan has broken with The Boys on several key votes She opposed an ordinance that relaxed billboard standards challenged the Such criticisms harsh as they may be pale on the pain scale for a woman who spent 13 years married to a man in the throes of depression nursed her mother through a series of strokes and then buried them both within months of each other Having survived that Callaghan says she can handle political blusterings Whether her recent assertive-nes- s constitutes leadership is debatable But one thing is certain: At 42 Callaghan is eager tc tackle another term on the commission And she is confident she can handle her contentious colleagues "I was not elected to appease See CALLAGHAN Page B-- 2 Larry H Miller has shown time and again he has what it takes to run an NBA basketball team and Utah's largest automobile dealership But when it comes to piloting a financial institution his expertise has been questioned for most of a decade To some he is the hero who became a victim a man who stepped forward 11 years ago boasting he was "the only person who could do the job right" and salvage the savings of thousands of Utahns who had deposits in his failed Commerce Financial thrift This is the view Miller still maintains according to his attorney To others he is viewed as a calculating insider who withdrew his companies' pension funds from the collapsing Commerce even as the financial institution enticed unsuspecting depositors Now in its eleventh hour the controversy has new life Attorneys for some 15000 Utahns who lost money in the state's 1986 thrift debacle are trying to persuade Miller it would be better to help cover depositor losses than face fraud allegations in open court "We sat down and talked with Larry Miller about settling but have not heard back from him" says Robert Stolebarger who has represented thrift depositors in their decadelong battle "My sense is he wants to settle" Commerce was one of five thrift and loans shut down in 1986 by Utah regulators The failure of the thrifts — hybrid financial institutions that offered high interest rates and consumer loans — and the collapse of the insurance fund that was supposed to protect deposits was the worst financial disaster in Utah since the Great Depression During the past decade depositors who had put $103 million in See MILLER Homeless Families Given a Chance to Christmas Shop BY LISA CARRICABLRU THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE loop completely" said Michelle Flynn a shelter development officer "It was an omission that contradicted our goal to help families become As a result the shelter this year is pursuing a new approach employees believe will give homeless families more control over and responsibility for the holidays Wadley said Staff members and volunteers are building a special temporary Christmas store they hope will make the holiday seem more real to residents Each family residing in one of the shelter's 30 rooms has been asked to fill out a survey indicating which types of gifts they would like to give and receive From the surveys development officers have compiled a master list they are using to solicit donations from companies organizations and individuals Wadley said Once donations are gathered the store will be set self-relian- It's a place where some children feel stress rather than excitement on Christmas Eve How they wonder will Santa know where to find them when homelessness has left their families stranded at the Salt Lake Community Shelter & Resource Center? For years the shelter's employees have done their best to ease such uncertainty with hearty helpings of holiday spirit and hope Their approach said children's case manager Staci Wadley has been to "handle the holiday for residents" "Working with volunteers we've done everything from selecting gifts and wrapping them to delivering them" Their intentions always were good she said Yet i! 9 633-7239 Twisted Child Rapists Are Taking Advantage of Easy Prey BY DAN B-8- something was missing "Parents and children were being left out of the See HOMELESS Page B-- 9 Page B-- 9 " 11 Homeless Fond --- Tv- The Siilt I tike Tribune Homeless Fiiml is tlediiiited to helping people slnt£slins to get Iniek on their feet in Utah lieetuise the Tribune (overs all ihhninisthilive costs lO()"o of tvry donation goes directly to senv those in need PIcave send contributions to: 143 South Main Street Salt Lake City Utah 84111 ' " """" 'Ihy"' "Vfc: Tim Kelly The Sail Lake Tribune Tony Smith 3 is looking forward to Christmas shopping when this room at the homeless shelter is transformed into a store UTAH QUOTES "I'm not running my dog and I am not bringing back Pat Shea " — Meghan Zanolli Holbrook Democratic Party leader on fielding a solid candidate to oppose US Sen Robert Bennett "I've had friends from the town where I grew up tell me they had unprotected sex rather than risk buying condoms at the only grocery store in town where your bishop's son works " — Weber State University student senator Hans Jenkins of Centerville whose proposal to install condom Tending machines on campus was approved by the student senate but vetoed by the student body president "It's so sad Anything posithv in our lives is removed while the negative things are left " — Ortencia Ramos-Xorlun- d on Salt Lake City's decision to remove steps and a platform leading up to a religious shrine in a city park "Sen Hatch is a good man He's an honest man But he's just a sore loser " — James Carville Democratic political strategist saying Hatch was wrong to criticize Atty Gen Janet Reno's decision not to appoint an independent counsel to investigate White House g phone calls fund-raisin- " aiiiiiiMMiwp ij-n'-n Hi "He's one of those guys who just keeps playing Thing is Jeff's a better person than player " — Jazz Coach Jerry Sloan on Jeff Hornacek |
